The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-10-23
MrcxEY ErNys PUZZLE
Flashes or Genius Lixhtins Up the MuuabIe
Cooncy ssinnd shanty.

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Flashes or Genius Lixhtlns UP the Hrrhie
coonoy s"nna snaety
The supper dishes were cleared away. Mr..
Finn sat beside the stove smoking and his son
Mickey leaned over tho table, with his hands
in his hair and an intent look on his frockled
face. Before him lay O clip cut from o newspa-
per the following:
II the m put; but IL the D. putting, II this is
thought dicult what said to the foliowins' How can
ipu'' ~here there " 'uoh a'der'
I can't make anything Of II ALL" said Mick.
Anything Of fwhat2" aueried his father.
"Of this puzzle. TIL schoolmaster has big
hjs aIota IN IN, ,,ornin,s
hi IS sia T,l IN In M, m1 n,l A.
looked fa ia hs 1n ns o on the ~s.ss ao sna
Me-, NJ p;. Iii IL. =. 9ns pu n,s We NV !"
sura ,ha ae t he al
aisss .sa o. tho difficulty adding;
Trims colons." said Mckee,
s1a tn. Tn s sas s.: .na i1s aSess
ing Its meaning. said:
"Ye:d betther stop foolin' via them printin'
Mickey's face Lit up with the glad light of dis
c GO II bav' IT," said be. That's what
AYE. BY. right you are" remarked the elder
and aw m NM tn' F,nu ~" 40. "a i. Dd
looked at the further attsmnts OF the how With
ITS a great head ye hav', me by," said Mr..
theirs doing thare bethimsel , a tp" ''' '
Imply. is IT," said Mrs. Finn. "shure that's
and she put 20 % Of coal Svnp tho r.
It's brains yo hav' as we'll as beauty. Biddy."
said MIR. Finn. looking at his boy anxiously. as
though expecting a contradiction. which did
not come ior Msickkey wrote tne words opt aiter
10 say that the Firms were piIe p Two Would be
drSwins # mild They were hilarious Nike
s sse mis- TiIe SSrS dig In th9 rS I to which
s sn, ,FSbpt t t S no iool nke an Quiz
pav aer sann oesa t nSr n.. e-
this In The Finn e shanty Three heads tou s
ai O ~ liz W., ono PIP ~ nfpea' anu .nlee
but With no de denita result At Inst the silence
" Me its ABOUT 20! ia. stoye an con-, amy way"
NJ S ~ ~ W ;s .h saiu n LIE inn
SRarss US suss ss n %i Hs!'s
the ~ sis mis- n
ana W assumed dhieta h atttnde: =, .,,
we'll ye see tha. Us DIGge es any @ thin
aG sn so af eos
sFaffs is + Re stuck ye arc ?" said his father.
Tha Esa net right gtt.r,n, no .. .,,a
hi, m mofber o0therine 70 now Mickeyr SAID
That little dot after the B." was the reply
p,,t rr A. h h mInd H. KS 9nIy ny speek
tn U9y was ana! not tb H re nad o
side ctrcH4mstances, 80 ne insisted on consider,
ng 1T h ZEN ne s1 ms psr R1ok ana
What fs ad never known before that each
one OF these a hue ras eod sime r,
pause: tIG ss@icolon littls longer the colon
IEngeT Sui anu h .tG o was inl ri, o
op gInr e liz annea thenry 10 I'm
against the wall n, ana shG ny GnG. ,,.w
II vas l9pg time before the elder Firms
e bo avs closer s oR G0sns ps
the yaus q Little black dots on
or IS ana SO sa D S r her $50 son So
iutlon OF Inc Guzale ana AZ Mtoi t II ouE care
r fs" on st the sn morrow ''' ~ ~ ~
tn Ernts , be impty put soal 1n' but tn
!% IL that's s'S very Veil So FAR as it goes said
MI Enn, resum sun ms piEe ana ms seat neslae
she stove: put thares i1Fsie WeSny puzzle eh on
$3.50
out yet ,,,o, A.. or ,,,. =, ,,
, III III sbvpn au aug y nea- III, Un 70 ion9
WIZ x ~; hsv: en- VII. read it, ~ n'.
HOW -cnn-l-put-coal-o Oh whare -thare -is-
suechkG,aa| - 49,. mn -, ., ,,,.,.s 1t, ,,..
Why, doh ye 60 on iauRned MS Iatner
derlslyely. blowing Il fantastic ring OF smoke
toWaru me celins. . a., ,,. 49,. .,
no inspirntlon mere; Then no went 70 the pail
ana dranS Hippgr, iMai OF wafer: nay nluia
Is a very nealthIui afink put PnSsioiGelsts say
that II does nov ssIlmulate tne Draln 70 IN
Wonted ACTIVITY. ne was almost IN DESPAIR
Those ionr letters ana that iittis piacf marx
seemod 10 MN IKE nuEe wali barring MS
progress. 80 Iltt,e ana inslSnlncant lheso
charncterS see e nnq YET 80 pig wita imP9s
sDlity. b4t me L.; homt was iet1iHI iate ana no
Went TO ned AZ ms !notner . DIGGING. nut not 10
sleep. Those letters, IKE iantnstio fairies
caSpeu hanu IN nahu. seeiueu auncinR 91 tne
in lie do door oT he said: 1'''AS lao A''u
the coal STRIKE"